# Google Trends Trending News

Retrieve the news articles for a single trending search. Pass the news_id of a trend from the Trending Now response together with the geo it was fetched for. Returns at most 3 articles per trend.

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/google-trends-api/google_trends_trending_news](https://scrappa.co/docs/google-trends-api/google_trends_trending_news)
- **API group:** Google Trends API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/google-trends/trending-news`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `news_id` | integer | Yes | The news id of a trend (news_id field of a Trending Now result) |
| `geo` | string | Yes | The geo the trend was fetched for (e.g., "US", "US-NY", "DE") |
| `lang` | string | No | 2-letter language code of the trend |
| `max_news` | integer | No | Requested article count (1 to 5). The upstream answers at most 3 articles per trend. |

## Example request

```bash
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/google-trends/trending-news?news_id=4860805452&geo=US&lang=en&max_news=3"
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "news_id": 4860805452,
        "geo": "US",
        "lang": "en"
    },
    "news_articles": [
        {
            "title": "Energy expert on the biggest worry as concerns grow that Hurricane Isaias could disrupt oil production",
            "link": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/business/video/gulf-energy-expert-worries-hurricane-isaias-could-disrupt-oil-gas-production-lead-jake-tapper",
            "source": "CNN",
            "published": 1791497328,
            "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqe_SeHaAWY2CmSoDp_cNCJwn3VIf0Mmow2JxIKpLeibqOeVsAIr8QcEb06lM"
        },
        {
            "title": "Hurricane Isaias Updates: Storm Strengthens as It Moves Toward Gulf Coast",
            "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/08/weather/hurricane-isaias-gulf-coast-storm",
            "source": "The New York Times",
            "published": 1791499560,
            "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNSTp8zwIELJaBGypwWGIxWbWHtl-zBg9YFtGj18bGXqO1KzAY9Fb1cWTMFTA"
        },
        {
            "title": "Hurricane Isaias strengthens, evacuation orders expand across Gulf cities ahead of dangerous landfall",
            "link": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hurricane-isaias-strengthens-evacuation-orders-035834488.html",
            "source": "Yahoo",
            "published": 1791431880,
            "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcToAdJsIOja63VMD8zks8igcl1xwkRckhm5joquskZ1-kPHsO2vFfuiLfQYJbQ"
        }
    ],
    "response_time_ms": 476
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Missing required query parameter |  |
|  | Invalid news_id, geo, lang or max_news parameter |  |
|  | Upstream service error |  |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)